How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Isles of Scilly location maps
These are interesting maps which will help to locate key localities and spatial relationships. The upper map is from a NASA satellite image. The lower map shows the relationships between land and sea in the Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age, when sea level was still rising following the end of the Devensian glaciation. Around 5,000 years ago all of the northern islands were connected, at least at low tide.
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